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Pocahontas Municipal Airport

42.74280°N
-94.64730°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

Pocahontas Municipal Airport (KPOH) is a small general aviation airport located in Pocahontas, IA, 95 mi north west of Des Moines. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,100 feet.

Current weather

From KFOD, 27 mi away (KPOH does not publish METAR)

19m ago
Temp
92°F
Wind
6 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KFOD 272056Z AUTO 31006KT 10SM CLR 33/20 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP087 T03330200 51004 $

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

29
48% of ops
49 land · 5 TO
36
22% of ops
22 land · 4 TO
11
15% of ops
15 land · 7 TO
18
14% of ops
14 land · 8 TO
30
2% of ops
2 land · 0 TO
Runway 29 carries 48% of operations (49 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 22%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

29 49 landings
UA 10%
36 22 landings
UA 5%
11 15 landings
UA 0%
18 14 landings
UA 21%
30 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 29 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 49 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
3.1
flights/day · 93 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 12pm · 1pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 3.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (3.0 vs 3.3 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (35% of 66 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
OTHER 134.000
FORT DOD 134.000
OTHER 288.300
FORT DOD 288.300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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doctordef
04/05/2011
Great service.
Gary McCartan is awesome. Bends over backwards to be of service to you as a pilot.
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